The DaVinci Mode

Does anyone else find it interesting that people are all of a sudden getting up in arms about ‘The DaVinci Code’ movie when there was comparatively little whining about the book? What is it about a movie that makes the Pope, the Eastern Orthodox church, and all sorts of evangelicals start screaming?

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Interesting. I wonder… books are generally not as popular and widespread as movies, although I do remember people being pretty steamed when the book first came out. Another possibility (not to sound harsh) is that people who read a lot are generally going to be a little more discerning than the average movie-goer, and less likely to be taken in by the whole ‘evil plot of Christianity to suppress the truth’ bit. Honestly, I doubt this movie will actually change anybody’s mind from what they already believed – it’ll just give them another piece of ammo to use one way or another.

Personally, I’m a little worried about how Ron Howard dealt with the part where the heroes are revealed to be a part of a bizarre sex cult that worships the divinity of the feminine…

I just reread the book so I could interact with the deluge of articles in an informed manner, and Aaron is not kidding.

There was a lot of protest about the book – just do a quick survey of Amazon.com and see all the books that have been written to counter the claims the book makes. The difference, I think, is twofold. Part of it is what Wells suggests, and part of it is that the publicity for the movie is coming in a very concentrated form, rather than over a period of years. The book’s popularity was not instant, but grew over time.

The reason that all these people are mad, ultimately, is that the book claims that the very foundations of the church are false and that the church has lied about it all these years.